2022 Winter Olympics Beijing - NBC Sports
Broadcast Set Design
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NBC Sports
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Broadcast Set Design * NBC Sports *
Client: NBC Sports
Agency: HD Studio
Design: Bryan Higgason, Paul Benson, Sid Wichienkuer
Scenic Fabricator: Black Walnut
Lighting: LDG
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Studio A, the first of two located inside the International Broadcast Centre, is a sprawling space with a cathedral ceiling created using faux rafters reaching to the lighting grid.
One of the biggest focal points is a wall of “windows” created with 1.8mm pixel pitch TVF Series panels from Planar that typically showcase a wintery scene full of snow-covered trees. All told, the installation is 13 feet tall at its apex and 40 feet wide with over 200 total LED panels in Studio A.
This array is divided with a series of strong, vertical support beams and then crisscrossed in a diamond pattern formed by a series of two thinner diagonal elements that serve as mullions on the windows.
In front of the LED windows is a riser that allows this space to be used for standups and an adjoining staircase with thick open risers that suggest more spaces beyond, noted Higgason.